Working time

New and updated

• Podcast: Key employment cases for 2019

  Date:

  11 January 2019

  Type:

  Audio and video

  Which employment cases will have the biggest impact on HR in 2019? We assess the likely impact on employers of upcoming cases on: the national minimum wage, shared parental leave, holiday pay, restrictive covenants, collective bargaining, covert CCTV, and employment status.

• Cases on appeal

  Type:

  Law reports

  Updated to reflect that the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal in Uber BV and others v Aslam and others on 19 December 2018.

• Increase in holiday reference period from 12 weeks to 52 weeks

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  The reference period used for determining a week's pay when calculating holiday pay for workers with irregular hours increases from 12 weeks to 52 weeks.

• Annual leave: German law cannot automatically preclude termination payment for unused holiday

  Date:

  7 November 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Kreuziger v Land Berlin and Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV v Shimizu, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a worker who does not apply for leave does not automatically lose the right to a payment in lieu on termination of employment.

• Annual leave: Worker's right to payment for untaken holiday survives death

  Date:

  7 November 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Stadt Wuppertal v Bauer; Volker Willmeroth als Inhaber der TWI Technische Wartung und Instandsetzung Volker Willmeroth eK v Broßonn, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a German law that prevents a payment in lieu of a deceased worker's outstanding annual leave from forming part of his or her estate is incompatible with EU law.

• Annual leave: Time to put a stop to 'rest-shaming'

  Date:

  1 November 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  As many employers wind up their holiday allowances for the year, what message do you give out on taking leave? Jonathan Richards, CEO of breatheHR, believes it pays to be positive about taking holiday.

• Bank and public holidays 2020 (England and Wales)

  Type:

  Quick reference

  XpertHR Quick Reference - statutory bank holidays 2020 (England and Wales).

• Bank and public holidays 2020 (Northern Ireland)

  Type:

  Quick reference

  XpertHR Quick Reference - statutory bank holidays 2020 (Northern Ireland).

• Bank and public holidays 2020 (Scotland)

  Type:

  Quick reference

  XpertHR Quick Reference - statutory bank holidays 2020 (Scotland).

• Commuting time should be counted as part of the working day

  Date:

  30 August 2018

  Type:

  News

  Commuting time should be counted as part of the working day, according to research by the University of the West of England.